Overview of Contest
The NGC High School Essay Contest challenges student in grades 9-12 to submit a 600–700-word essay that addresses the question identified by National Garden Clubs, Inc. (NGC). For the 2024 submission the question is “Is Recycling Plastics the Answer to Our Plastic Disposal Problem?”
The essays are judged on a number of criteria some of which include format, word choice, grammar, spelling and demonstrated knowledge of the subject.
With this change the due date for Clubs to submit their 1st place essays for each grade (9-12) to Joyce Muz MGC High School Essay Advisor is now February 3, 2025. MGC will then send the winning state essays for each grade to Central Region by February 24, 2025. Please click on the Youth Essay Contest Material button below for contest details found in the green folder labeled NGC Essay Contest 2024.
The MGC High School Essay Advisor for 2024 is Joyce Muz. Clubs should send their essays to her at:
The due date for the High School Essay Contest is February 3rd.
Note: The following awards are for each grade level.
MGC State 1st Place $250 Gift Certificate.
MGC State 2nd Place $50 Gift Certificate.
MGC State 3rd Place MGC Certificate
2023 1st Place Essay “Special Guests in the Garden” by Ammon Willmott